Improvement in clothes-driers



N. SGARRITT. Clothes-Drier.

No. 265,581.: Patented July 2,1878.

INVENTQR ATTORNEYS WITNESSES N- PETERS. PHOTO LTHOGRAPHER ASHXN TON DUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN SCARRITT, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT lN CLOTH ES-DRIER S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,581, dated July 2,1878; application filed August 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN SCARRITT, of Kansas City, in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Clothes Horses, of which the following'is a specificationFigure 1 is a side view of my improved clothes-horse extended for use.Fig. 2 is a side view of the same folded for storage.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved horse or rack forairing clothes after they have been ironed, and for drying clothes,which, when extended, will furnish a large amount of drying-surface,which may be folded into small space for storage and transportation, andwhich shall be simple in construction, light, convenient in use, and notliable to upset.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

A are the legs of the clothes-horse, the upper ends of which are hingedto a ring, B. O is the upright shaft or post, the lower part of whichpasses through the ring B, and has a shoulder formed upon itin suchaposition as to rest upon the ring B and prevent its lower end fromresting upon the floor. The ring B is kept from sliding down upon theshaft 0 by pins or other stops attached to it.

To the lower ends of the legs A are attached the ends of the rods I),the other ends of which are attached to a ring, E, that slides up anddown upon the lower part of the shaft 0, and is kept from sliding offthe shaft 0 by pins or other stops attached to said lower end.

By this construction the legs A can be.

folded down against the lower part of the shaft 0 by sliding the ring Eupward upon the shaft 0, and the shaft 0 can be turned to bring anypartof the clothes-horse within reach of the person using it Withoutbeing necessary to walk around the horse.

To the shaft (3, at suitable distances apart, are hinged the inner endsof a number of bars, F, arranged in tiers in such a way that they may beturned up into horizontal position to receive the clothes, as shown inFig. l, and

down against the lower part of the shaft Gfor.

storage, as shown in Fig. 2.

The corresponding bars F of the horizontal tiers are arranged invertical tiers. The outer ends of the bars F of each vertical tier areconnected by cords G, so that the bars of each vertical tier may beraised and lowered together.

To the outer end of the upper bar F of each vertical tier is attached aloop, H, to receive a hook, I, attached to the lower end of a cord, J.The upper ends of the cords J are attached to a ring, K, that slides upand down upon the upper part of the shaft 0, and is held in place whenraised to support the arms F in a horizontal position by a spring, L,similar to an umbrella-spring.

By this construction all the bars F can be raised and lowered togetherby sliding the ring K up and down, and the bars of each vertical tiercan be lowered separately by detaching its hook I from its loop H. Thisarrangement enables the horse to be set close to a stove or heater whenit is desired to dry the clothes quickly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the hinged arms F, arranged inhorizontal and vertical tiers, the connecting-cords G, the loops H, thehooks I, the supporting-cords J, the sliding ring K, and thespring-catch L with the upright shaft 0 of a clothes-horse,substantially as herein shown and described.

NATHAN SCARRITT.

WVitnesses JONATHAN FORD, En. L. SOARRITI.

